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• Johannes Wilhelmus Stassen, Hillegom
• * Martina Maria van Esterik, Hellouw († 1974)
• Alida Lepelaar, Leiden
• Andries Jan Smal, Haarlem († 1954)
• Anna Maria R√ºtten
• Aartje Lagerweij, Scherpenzeel
• Adriana Catharina van der Kwast, Amsterdam († 1959)
• Albertus Johannes van Zetten, Zoelmond († 1925)
• Adriaan Pieter Cornelis Havelaar, Soerakarta
• Aart Jan Kamphorst, Zwartebroek († 1903)

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• Adrianus Ophorst (50), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Wiekart (70), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Burgers (2), Tilburg
• Anne Gerbens Smits (68), Beetsterzwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• (85), Abbenbroek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Wiekart (70), ZEIST (Utrechtse Heuverug), Utrecht, Nederland
• Alexander Roost (72), Overschie
• * Cornelis Bogerd (74), Hei en Boeicop
• Anna Catharina Kraaijenbeeks (Kraaienbikx, Crayenbeeckx, Kraaijbeek) (63), Batavia, West-Java

• 1895 » Carol Ryrie Brink, American author and playwright († 1981)
• 1898 » Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-American meteorologist and academic († 1957)
• 1898 » Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral († 1947)
• 1902 » Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author († 2001)
• 1902 » Shen Congwen, Chinese author and educator († 1988)
• 1903 » Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader († 1983)
• 1903 » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist († 1957)
• 1907 » Ze'ev Ben-Haim, Ukrainian-Israeli linguist and academic († 2013)
• 1908 » Lew Ayres, American actor († 1996)
• 1910 » Billy Williams, American singer († 1972)

• 1890 » Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (b. 1861)
• 1897 » William Corby, American priest and academic (b. 1833)
• 1900 » Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1846)
• 1907 » Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (b. 1812)
• 1913 » Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1918 » Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865)
• 1919 » Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1924 » Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (b. 1866)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Wilhelmus
14. Arie
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Petronella
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
• January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
• February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
• April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
• October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
• October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
• November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.

The temperature on December 28, 1901 was between -0.5 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%).